The Gazette

Navy's littoral combat ships face reckoning after years of issues

In January, the Navy stopped accepting Freedom-class littoral combat ships after discovering a flaw in the ship’s transmission. Testing is underway in Germany for a fix to the issue and the Navy is ...
Times of San Diego

Littoral Combat Ship USS Charleston Back After Record 26-Month Deployment

The USS Charleston in the Sea of Japan in 2022. Navy photo The littoral combat ship USS Charleston returned to Naval Base San Diego on Wednesday at the end of a record 26-month deployment, the Navy ...

San Diego-based littoral combat ship launches Navy’s first attack drone

The San Diego-based littoral combat ship was in the Arabian Gulf when a new Low-Cost Unmanned Combat Attack System, or LUCAS, ...
Yahoo

Newest Mayport littoral ship commissioned as future of other ships hangs in budget balance

"You prepared this ship to take her place in the fleet during challenging times,” Jodi Greene, a former Navy deputy undersecretary who was the ship’s sponsor, told the crew during a ceremony in the ...
Sam Eckholm on MSN

What the Navy’s $500M littoral combat ship is built to do

The Littoral Combat Ship was designed for operations close to shore. Its modular design allows the Navy to adapt the ship to ...
The National Interest

Littoral Combat Ship Might Be Making a ‘Comeback’

What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy’s Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) USS Nantucket (LCS-27) was commissioned in Boston, Massachusetts. As the fourteenth ship in its class, Nantucket is ...
AFCEA

Littoral Combat Ship Launches Change

Chief Petty Officer Ron Banks, USN (l), and Senior Chief Adam Phillips, USN, familiarize themselves with the General Dynamics littoral combat ship (LCS) maritime information command center simulator.
Washington Examiner

Littoral Combat Ship comes under fire

The Defense Department is expected to release its formal budget request March 4, but Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey have previewed what ...
The National Interest

The Littoral Combat Ships are Broken. Here’s How to Fix Them.

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Naval history is replete with examples of platforms being repurposed for new missions, oftentimes to good effect. The same could be done with the LCS. Is it time to ...
Navy Times

Navy decommissions littoral combat ship Independence

Ship's crew deliver the ensign and commissioning pennant during the decommissioning ceremony of littoral combat ship USS Independence (LCS 2). (MC1 Jason Abrams/U.S. Navy) The littoral combat ship ...
AOL

Newest Mayport littoral ship commissioned as future of other ships hangs in budget balance

Despite plans to retire Naval Station Mayport’s existing lineup of littoral combat ships, the U.S. Navy has been celebrating the commissioning Saturday of its newest LCS, the USS Minneapolis-Saint ...